MUSIC AND PAINTING
I’ve been to see quite a few exhibitions this week. One which really did interest me was « Arnold Schönberg Peindre l’âme » T he Artistic Revival in Vienna. A very dear friend in Australia didn’t know that Schönberg had also been a painter as well as a highly reputable composer/musician. I sent him a small selection of his paintings by email. When did I first listen to him? I imagine that it was with my Mother but then Gianni who was really dedicated to his music took me on much further. When did I know that he was a painter? Much later as I visited a small retrospective of his work somewhere along the line. http://discovmaggsie.blogspot.fr/2014/01/a-moment-i-will-remember.html If you look at what I wrote them, it's frankly what I would write now. I find that Schonberg was very brave. He converted to be a protestant and then reconverted to his roots and judiasm when war had broken out. My Australian friend was very derogatory and I decided to wait to see if I would writ